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with anxiety and terror

Dis her attendants with an i physician

"Lestocq," said she, "it is well you have cootten to say to you that it is all over with

the conjuration spun and woven by you and the French erous than you think it, and

I , by ht and intrepidity, saved you from the torture, and a possible

transportation to Siberia Ah, it is very cold in Siberia, my dear

Lestocq, and you will do well silently and discreetly to build a warerous to all of

us"

"And whence do you foresee danger, princess?" asked Lestocq

"The regent knows all! She knows our plans and combinations In a word,

she knows that we conspire, and that you are the principal agent in the

conspiracy"

"Then I a down upon a chair

"No, not quite," said Elizabeth, with a smile, "for I have saved you

Ah, I should never have believed that the playing of comedy was so

easy, but I tell you I have played one in a ht ly,

that Anna herself was touched Ah, and I hole streaent But you must bear the bla, and not so brilliant as usual"